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Bill Paxton: Biography

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Birth Name: William Paxton
Birth Place: Fort Worth, TX
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 05/17/1955, Taurus
Profession: Actor; director

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Though blessed with leading-man looks, Paxton spent much of his career relegated to playing gung-ho bullies or sleazebags (Aliens, Last Action Hero and his classic turn as a sadistic big brother in Weird Scienc... read more

Bill Paxton: TV Guide News

New Blood at the Globes | Roush Dispatch | 12/13/2007
If the barometer of an interesting TV awards show is the number of fresh faces invited to the party, then the Golden Globe nominations (announced Thursday morning) passes the test. Not with a perfect score, mind you. Any institution that so completely ignores NBC's wonderful Friday Night Lights deserves some spirited jeering.And the Globes' addiction to sexy sizzle and hype can lead to some puzzling choices: Big Love, fun as it is, over The Sopranos' final season? Bill Paxton over James Gandolfini? (And if the Globes is going to shower love on Big Love, how could the women who play Bill's wives go unheralded, especially Ginnifer Goodwin?) Californication over Weeds?But let's look at the bright side. The Hollywood Foreign Press clearly spent some time checking out the TV landscape during last summer's remarkable season of cable breakthroughs. My own pick for No. 1 show of the year, AMC's Mad Men, is nominated for best drama, along with its dashing leading man, Jon Hamm. FX's... read more
DVD Tuesday: A Simple Plan + the Love of Blood Money = Disaster | Ask FlickChick | 8/27/2007
Last week it seemed that everything was conspiring to remind me of A Simple Plan: seeing the trailer for the Coen brothers' upcoming No Country for Old Men (based on the Cormac McCarthy novel), stumbling across Stephen King's rave review of Scott B. Smith's second novel, The Ruins, having an argument about what The Bible says is the root of all evil. So rather than ignore the signs and portents, it's my DVD Tuesday pick. Directed by Sam Raimi and based on Smith's debut novel, A Simple Plan is a terrific example of what may be my favorite kind of thriller, the kind where someone makes a mistake that snowballs until he or she has lost everyone and everything that matters, and all efforts to make things right just make them worse. It's the quintessential noir plot, and while the poor, put-upon victim of cruel fate seems fated to get trapped in some cosmic web, the fact is he or she consistently — masochistically, it often seems — makes exactly the wrong decision, which... read more
June 11, 2007: Hell in a Handbasket | Big Love | 6/12/2007
In TV time, it has been six weeks since the family’s comeuppance at the mother-of-the-year ceremony, and things are still completely out of alignment in the Henrickson household. Barb, still “humbled” by the guilt and shame she has brought on the family, has fled the scene, resentful of Bill’s domineering approach to problem-solving. Nicki, both enticed and terrified by the possibility of taking over as first wife, tries to appease and scheme her way into the post, bullying Margene all along the way. And the kids are just trying to live their lives the best way they can in the shadow of their family’s secret. No matter what you think about polygamy — as a way of life or as a premise for a television drama — you can’t argue with the caliber of acting on display here in HBO’s latest twist on the nuclear family. Bill Paxton is incredibly effective as a man who is torn between his heart, his faith and his obligations. At times, I am... read more
DVD Tuesday: Heroes, Big Love, Aliens and Vampires! | Ask FlickChick | 5/29/2007
Near Dark puts a bloody twist on vampire cliches and features a very young Adrian Pasdar.Send your movie questions to FlickChick.See Maitland McDonagh and Ken Fox review this week's new flicks in Movie Talk!A hero, a big lover and three alien fighters walk into a bar and let me tell you, all hell busts loose. I love Near Dark (1987), the best vampire film never to use the V word ever made. As I was watching the Heroes finale last week, I thought this would be a fine time to acquaint — or reacquaint — DVD Tuesday readers with a very young Adrian Pasdar (Heroes' Nathan Petrelli), a scorching hot Bill Paxton (Big Love's Bill Henrickson) and dynamite middle-aged murder junkies Lance Henriksen and Jenette Goldstein. (Paxton, who was also in Aliens, does double duty in my admittedly gimmicky lead — forgive me, please.) Not to mention Joshua Miller, son of playwright and Exorcist star Jason Miller and hands down the creepiest movie kid ever. Plus the underrated Tim... read more
Globes-Trotting: Following the Buzz | Roush Dispatch | 12/14/2006
The best thing you can say about the Golden Globes nominations is that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association isn't afraid about welcoming new kids to the party, especially if they've made a little noise along the way.On the plus side, that means shining some love on deserving candidates like America Ferrera and Ugly Betty, a show and a performance that would seem tailor-made to the Foreign Press's presumed concerns about diversity in entertainment. Likewise Masi Oka, who gives one of the most endearing supporting performances in all of television as Hiro of Heroes (which also got a nod as best drama series).Other freshman acts in the nominee pool include: Michael C. Hall (yay!) of Showtime's Dexter, Alec Baldwin (yay!) of NBC's 30 Rock, Julia Louis-Dreyfus (yay!) from The Old Adventures of New Christine, Bill Paxton and Big Love from HBO (beating out The Sopranos and The Wire, among other more deserving HBO dramas; and besides, where are Paxton's wives in the grabbag supporting... read more

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Bill Paxton: Photos

Big Love, Bill Paxton courtesy Lacey Terrell/HBO

Big Love, Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloe Sevigny, Ginnifer Goodwin courtesy Lacey Terrell/HBO

Big Love, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Bill Paxton courtesy Lacey Terrell/HBO

Big Love, Chloe Sevigny, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Ginnifer Goodwin, Bill Paxton courtesy Lacey Terrell/HBO

Big Love, Ginnifer Goodwin, Bill Paxton courtesy Lacey Terrell/HBO

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Bill Paxton: TV Listings

Bill Paxton: Credits

Title	Year	Type	Video
Big Love (Actor - Bill Henrickson)	2006	TV Show Series	Available
Haven (Actor - Carl Ridley)	2006	Movie
Magnificent Desolation: Walking On The Moon 3d (Actor)	2005	Movie
Magnificent Desolation: Walking On The Moon 3d (Actor)	2005	Movie
Club Dread (Actor - Coconut Pete)	2004	Movie